title: [Regular platelet donors--no risk to the donor].
abstract: It is not known whether frequent platelet donations provoke the platelet precount of the donor to rise or to decline. Therefore, with regard to the maximally possible safety of our donors we looked back onto the platelet counts of platelet donors who had given their platelets at constant 2-week intervals. Even frequent plateletphereses at 2-week intervals do not provoke thrombocytosis or thrombopenia for donors with normal platelet counts (> 200/nl, < 400/nl). Moreover, our donors appeared to regulate their platelet counts in an 'intelligent' manner.
authors.affiliation: Blutspendeinstitut Bayreuth und zentrale EDV-Abteilung des Blutspendedienstes des Bayerischen Roten Kreuzes, Deutschland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Offner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Worschech
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sänger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pachmann
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D006801:Humans; D010976:Platelet Count; D010983:Plateletpheresis / Q000009:adverse effects; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Regelmässige Thrombozytenspenden--kein Risiko für den Spender.